Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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DESCRIPTION
FIELD COIL FOR MOTORS
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention is related to a field coil for motors
used, for instance, for starter motors.
BACKGROUND ART
Conventionally in the motor used for starters, the
space factor of the field coil in the motor was increased as
an effective method to downsize the motor.
In this case, a straight planar conductor covered with
an insulation film having a sufficient insulation resistance
has been used generally. If this straight planar conductor is
applied to a field device having four magnetic poles as shown
in Fig. 6, the straight planar conductor 20 is wound around a
pole core 4 of a stator 3 as shown in Fig. 5, one end 2Oa of
the straight planar conductor 20 is connected to the straight
planar conductor wound on the neighboring magnetic pole via a
connector bar 8, and the other end 20b is connected to a brush
5.
In the abovementioned conventional straight planar
conductor 20, the straight planar conductor is wound on the
pole core 4, so the insulation films on the surfaces of the
straight planar conductors 20 contact creating a double layer
insulation films. This requires the wire winding work.
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Further, although the withstanding voltage between the
straight planar conductors is lower than between the stator 3
and the straight planar conductor 20, the insulation films
become excessive between the straight planar conductors. Thus,
the problem of decrease in the space factor of the field coil
occurs.
This invention undertakes the above problems, and aims
at providing a field coil that can greatly increase the space
factor without requiring winding on a pole core.
DISCLOSURE OF THE lNV~;NlION
To solve the above problem, this invention uses a field coil
characterized by an opening formed by elimination of a part of
a conductor and passing therethrough a pole core of a stator
that provides a magnetic path, and by a spiral slit passing
the conductor in the thickness direction and formed around the
periphery of the opening.
According to this invention, by arranging the opening
formed by eliminating a part of the conductor and the spiral
slit, the required field coil for winding can be easily
obtained, and the field coil need not be wound around the pole
core. As the width of the slit can be set smaller, it need not
be made to be excessively wide, and the space factor of the
field coil can be greatly improved.
Further, the insulation material is provided in a part
of the spiral slit or along the entire slit length. Therefore,
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even lf the sllt wldth ls decreased to a mlnlmum, the
lnsulatlon material ln the sllt prevents short-clrcultlng
between the coils and the space factor ls lmproved further.
Stlll furthermore, provlded that a plurallt-y of
fleld colls are formed lntegrally by formlng the openlng and
the splral sllt ln plural numbers for one conductor, the fleld
colls for a plurality of magnetlc poles can be formed at once.
As a result, the space for the connector bar whlch connects
the fleld colls ls not requlred, and the space factor of the
fleld coll can be lmproved by that amount. Furthermore, the
number of requlred parts can be reduced.
In accordance wlth the present lnventlon there ls
provlded a motor comprlslng:
a cyllndrlcal stator;
a plurallty of pole cores, each pole core belng dlsposed
on a radlally lnner clrcumferentlal surface of sald stator,
each sald pole core havlng a head extendlng radlally lnwardly
from sald stator and a pole claw provlded at a radlally
lnnermost end of sald head wlth a dlstance radlally from sald
~0 lnner clrcumferential surface of sald stator; and
a plurallty of fleld colls, each fleld coll belng
dlsposed around sald head and sandwlched radlally ln a slngle
layer between sald lnner clrcumferentlal surface of sald
stator and sald pole claw, each sald fleld coll belng made of
a slngle conductor plate havlng a thlckness substantlally
equal to sald dlstance and formed wlth an openlng for
recelvlng sald head thereln and a splral sllt around sald
openlng, sald openlng and sald splral sllt passlng through
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said conductor plate in a thickness direction, and said field coil being formed in an
arcuate shape in correspondence with said inner circumferential surface of said
stator.
In accordance with the present invention there is also provided a
method further comprising:
disposing said field coil around said head at radially inside said stator, said
head being received in said opening and said field coil being sandwiched between
said inner circumferential surface of said stator and said pole claw.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a top plan view of a field coil showing an embodiment of this
invention;
Figure 2 is a side view showing the state with the coil in Figure 1
mounted on a field device;
Figure 3 is a top plan view of a field coil showing another embodiment
of this invention;
Figure 4 is a side view showing the state with the coil in Figure 3
mounted on the field device;
Figure 5 is a top plan view of a conventional field coil;
Figure 6 is a side view showing the state with the conventional coil in
20 Figure 5 mounted on the field device; and
Figure 7 is a side view partly in cross section of a
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speed reduction gear type starter incorporating the embodiment
of this invention.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE lNV~;NlION
This invention will be explained with reference to the
embodiments shown in the drawings.
Fig. 1 shows a top view of the field coil 2 before
being installed on a motor's stator. The field coil 2 is made
of a conductor 1 (e.g., copper plate). In the center of this
conductor 1 is a rectangular opening 11 through which a pole
core that functions as a magnetic pole in the stator is passed
through, although not shown in Fig. 1. Numeral 12 designates
a spiral slit which is machined to cover the outer periphery
of the opening 11 of the conductor 1 and which, passing
through in the thickness direction, connects the outer circum-
ference of the conductor 1 and the opening 11. Because the
conductor 1 is divided by this slit 12, the field coil 2 is
formed to have the line width L4. The slit 12 can be machined
with mechanical machining, electrical discharge machining,
laser beam machining or hydraulic pressure machining.
After machining the slit 12, as shown in Fig. 2, the
field coil 2 is bent and formed along the arc shape of an
inner circumferential surface 31 of the stator 3 that is a
part of the field device, and then epoxy resin is applied to
insulate the outer surface of the field coil 2. Then, the
field coil 2 is placed on an inner surface 31 of the stator 3
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and is engaged with a head 41 of the pole core 4. The base of
the field coil 2 is sandwiched and fixed by a pole claw 42.
At this time, the width L2 of the slit 12 is so set
that the field coil wires do not contact one another and
S short-circuit, after assembling the field coil 2 onto the
stator 3. The arc length Ll of the field coil 2 is set so that
the length is equivalent to one pole core length, and the
horizontal length L3 is set to be in approximately the axial
length of the armature core of the motor which is not shown.
As methods to insulate the field coil 2, insulation
material to insulate the coil wires can be inserted into the
slit 12 (e.g., insertion of insulation paper, or application
or injection of resin), or the insulation material (e.g.,
powder) can be applied on the entire surface including the
slit 12 of conductor 1, after the slit 12 is machined in the
conductor 1. In this case, the width L2 of the slit 12 may be
determined by the insulation material to be inserted into the
slit.
With the above procedure, as the field coil 2 with the
required number of windings can easily be obtained by machin-
ing and forming the slit 12 on the conductor 1 and the width
L2 of the slit 12 in which the insulation material is laid can
be arbitrarily set according to the withstanding voltage
between the coil wires of the field coil, the insulation
material will not become excessive and the space factor of the
field coil 2 will be greatly improved. Furthermore, the wire
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width L4 of the field coil 2 can be arbitrarily set by the
slit 12 so that the conductive current density does not become
extremely high.
Furthermore, in the conventional straight planar
S conductor 20 having the insulation film on the outer circum-
ference as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the film may peel off and
may cause a short-circuiting when wound on the pole core 4 of
the stator 3. In this invention, however, the field coil 2
does not require winding, so the insulation material will not
be separated during winding.
As is clear from the above explanation, by arranging
the opening formed by eliminating the conductor and the spiral
slit, the field coil with required winding can be obtained
easily and the space factor of the field coil can be improved
lS greatly. Thus, the effect in manufacturing and performance are
remarkable for use in motors having relatively few windings
and with a large conductor cross section area such as a motor
for starter requiring a large rated output in a short-time. To
further downsize the starter, this invention provides a great
effect in reducing the size of the motor by incorporating the
speed reduction gear mechanism as shown in Fig. 7.
Another embodiment of this invention will be explained
next. Fig. 3 shows the field coil 2 for two magnetic poles
formed with one conductor 1 and formed by arranging one set of
slits 12.
Fig. 4 shows the example of using the field coil 2
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shown in Fig. 3 for the stator 3 of the field device having
four magnetic poles. Two conductors 1 are laid out.
In other words, two conductors 1 are each laid out in
the inner surface 31 of the stator 3, engaged with the head of
S the pole core 4 and fixed to the inner surface 31 by
sandwiching the base of the conductor 1 with the pole claw 42.
One end 2a of the two field coils 2 formed by one conductor is
connected to the stator 3, and the other end 2b of the same is
connected to a brush 5. One end of the two field coils 2
formed by the other conductor is connected to a lead wire 7,
and the other end of the same is connected to the brush 6.
Therefore, by employing the structure shown in Figs.
3 and 4, the field coil 2 for the two magnetic poles can be
formed by one conductor 1 and the connector bar 8 connecting
lS the field coils 2 as shown in Fig. 6 is no longer required.
This allows space to be used effectively, and the space factor
of the field coil 2 laid out in the stator 3 which forms a
part of the field device can be improved further. Furthermore,
the motors using this field coil 2 can be remarkably down-
sized.
In the above embodiments, although each piece of the
conductor 1 is laid out in the inner surface direction of the
stator 3, multiple pieces of conductor 1 can be overlaid in
the inner surface direction of the stator 3.
Furthermore, in this invention, although field coil 2
is formed to follow the arc shape of the inner surface 31 of
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the stator 3 after slit machining, the slit machining can be
performed after the formation. In this case, the slit width L2
can be made narrower and the space factor can be improved
greatly.
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lN~S-l~IAL APPLICABILITY
As described above, the field coil for motors accord-
ing to the present invention does not require winding the
field coil around the magnetic pole and, in particular, can be
used as the field device disposed in the starter.
